Date and Time: Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM EST"We the People - Math Literacy For All Alliance" A workshop with Maisha MosesExecutive Director, The Young People's ProjectLocation: Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon HallOverview: Learn about The Young People's Project, it's background including The Algebra Project, and the Flagway™ Games as an example of a bottom up organizing approach to math literacy. The YPP and the Algebra Project create a cultural context in which mathematics emerges naturally from students’ experience by creating mathematically rich games and experiences.Light Dinner Provided.SPACE IS LIMITED

Deadline: Fri, Jan 19, 2018Submit Your Remake Learning Days EventYou're invited to participate in the region's largest open house for hands-on learning, May 17 - 25, 2018. Submit your event to get in on the fun!Overview: Remake Learning Days is back May 17-25, 2018 bringing hands-on, engaging, and relevant learning experiences to youth and families in neighborhoods across southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Date and Time: Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM ESTABC CREATE GigaPan WorkshopA workshop with Lou KarasDirector, Center for Arts and Education, West Liberty UniversityLocation: Franklin Regional Middle SchoolOverview: Appropriate for new or wanna-be GigaPan users as well as for those who want to enhance their use of GigaPan images or technology in their classrooms or with cross-district projects. Lunch provided.

Date and Time: February 1, 2018 8:30 AM - 3:30 PMHummingbird Robotics Advanced Topics: Construct an Autonomous VehicleWith BirdBrain Technology's Matt ChilbertLocation: TransformED West at Montour High SchoolOverview: Design, build and program an autonomous vehicle with the Hummingbird Robotics Kit! Use recyclable material to construct a vehicle that will respond to light and shadows and avoid obstacles. This workshop is for educators who already use the Hummingbird or have attended a Hummingbird workshop in the past. Participants will use Ardublock and Arduino programming in the workshop. No experience with either Ardublock or Arduino is necessary prior to this workshop. FYI - There is a cost to attend this session (varying between $99 - $799) depending on whether you will need to purchase a Robotics Kit and on the number of participants with you.

Over 200 middle school girls attended the first ever ABC CREATE Girls' STEM Day on Tuesday November 21, 2018. STEM professionals from Toshiba American Medical Systems, Arconic, Matthew International, and IQ Inc. shared their perspective, experiences and insights about working in STEM.
The girls watched the movie Hidden Figures, an inspirational movie about three African-American female mathematicians who overcame hurdles and challenges to help NASA's space program in the 1960s when NASA (and the country) was still segregated. Finally, the attendees had time to explore many STEM topics and activities in an afternoon of "STEM Playground". The STEM Playground included stations such as drones, 3D printing, light-up circuits, Hour of Code, Coding in 3D, Virtual Reality, Spectroscopy, and even Oobleck.

The feedback from the participants was overwhelmingly positive. It was a great day of exploration and inspiration for these middle school girls. EVENT LISTING

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Kiski Area Upper Elementary student Sophia Peltier, 11, said she gets to do STEAM activities at her school, but enjoyed getting to try all of the different activities.

Peltier gave a thumbs-up and an “awesome” to the all-girls event.
Emily Marchlewski, 13, who attends Charles Houston Middle School in the Burrell School District, got to fly a drone.
“It's pretty fun,” she said. “I like how it can just hover without cords and just in the air.”
Marchlewski said she's interested in engineering, architecture and orthopedic medicine.
Plum High School science and math teacher Stephanie Reilly said she often sees girls take a secondary role in her classes while the boys take the lead.
She said having an all-girls event allows girls to experiment and learn on their own.
“We have pushed really hard to get females in our classes,” Reilly said.